Ceramic with Metal Base for Crowns & Bridges
Ceramic or Porcelain fused to metal is the standard type of crowns & bridges.
Advantages:
Advantages:
- Excellent function
- Good aesthetics.
- They stood the test of time.
- They have a metal substructure and require on opaque below the porcelain. This can make translucency of natural teeth difficult to replicate.
- Occasionally a darker line will be visible at the edge of the crown, near to your gum when it recedes with age.
 Good Aesthetics when the metal line is not visible |
 Occasionally the dark metal line will be visible |